A Nocte Temporis / Reinoud Van Mechelen
Selections from operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Heroic tenoral heights
The great operatic composers were often inspired to write their most daring coloratura and most spectacular top notes by the extraordinary abilities of certain singers. Jean-Philippe Rameau was no exception – he wrote many of his tenor parts specially for Pierre Jéliote, who dominated the Parisian opera scene for decades with his seemingly effortless top notes.
The Belgian countertenor Reinoud van Mechelen now dedicates an entire concert to the arias Rameau composed for »his« star tenor. Van Mechelen is joined by his own ensemble »A Nocte Temporis«, who help to unfold this panorama of Baroque vocal acrobatics with musical intensity and historical accuracy. Together, they trace the footsteps of the legendary French singer and get the Laeiszhalle Grand Hall cheering just as Pierre Jéliote got the Paris Operá roaring back in the 18th century.
Programme (booklet)
Performers
A Nocte Temporis ensemble
Reinoud Van Mechelen tenor and direction
Programme
»Jéliote, haute-contre de Rameau«
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Overture to »Hippolyte et Aricie«
Entrée des habitants de la forêt / from the opera »Hippolyte et Aricie«
Plaisirs doux vainqueurs / aria of Cupid from the opera »Hippolyte et Aricie«
François Colin de Blamont
Air pour les courreurs / aria of a Greek woman from the ballet »Les festes grecques et romaines«
Les prix que la gloire presente / aria of a Greek woman from the ballet »Les festes grecques et romaines«
François Rebel, François Francœur
Muses, je viens encore / aria of Mufti from the tragédie en musique »Scanderberg«
Jean-Philippe Rameau
L’Objet qui règne dans mon âme / aria of Mercure from the ballet »Les fêtes d'Hébé ou Les talents lyriques«
Charles Louis Mion
Fleuve fecond / aria of Cambise from the tragédie en musique »Nitétis«
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Lieux funestes / aria of Dardanus from the tragédie en musique »Dardanus«
Overture to »Platée«
Que ce séjour / aria of Platée from the ballet »Platée ou Junon jalouse«
Marche pour la danse / aria of Platée from the ballet »Platée ou Junon jalouse«
Pierre de Jéliote
Ici les ris et les jeux / aria of a young man from the ballet »Zélisca«
– Interval –
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Oiseaux par leur tendre rammage / aria of Trajan from the opera »Le Temple de la Gloire«
Jean Marie Leclair
Simphonie pour la descente de Vénus / from the tragédie en musique »Scylla et Glaucus«
Antoine Dauvergne
Les Amours de tempé / héroïque-ballet in four acts (selections)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Séjour de l’éternelle paix / aria of Castor from the tragédie en musique »Castor et Pollux«
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Daphnis et Alcimadure / pastorale in a prologue and three acts (selections)
Pierre Montan Berton
Ce n’est pas un crime en aimant / aria of Zamnis from the ballet »Érosine«
Jean-Benjamin de La Borde
Pourquoi cruel amour / aria of Ismenias from the tragédie lyrique »Ismène et Isménias ou La fête de Jupiter«
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Boréades / opera in five acts (selections)
Encore:
François Colin de Blamont
/ Arie der Périandre Les festes grecques et romaines
Pre-Concert Talk
with Klaus Wiegmann (in German)
19:00 / Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal
Estimated end time
22:00
Promoter: HamburgMusik
Supported by Freundeskreis Elbphilharmonie + Laeiszhalle e.V. and Stiftung Elbphilharmonie
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Laeiszhalle
Großer Saal
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